Jasmina Lukic is a Recurrent Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Gender Studies at the Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. Joanna Regulska is Professor of Women's and Gender Studies and Geography at Rutgers University, USA. Darja Zaviršek is Associate Professor of Disability and Gender Studies and teaches at the Faculty of Social Work, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

’This significant collection of essays is the product of truly transnational networking and scholarly cooperation. In demonstrating the complexity and diversity of strategies for women's agency and empowerment in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, this volume makes a substantive contribution to discussions about participatory citizenship. It is an important sourcebook for all scholars and students of gender and democratization.’ Barbara Einhorn, University of Sussex, UK ’...an engaging book that...provides a model for scholars to discuss women’s unique role in post-Soviet transition...’ The Russian Review '... the diversity of the authors' backgrounds and of their approaches make this volume an excellent product of scholarly cooperation...' Europe-Asia Studies 'The range of contributions is admirable - the volume includes discussion of the gendered impacts of disability policies in Slovenia, gendered effects of adopting EU policies in Latvia, the experiences of exiled female Croatian novel writers and analysis of the differences between Eastern and Western European feminisim. The mix of generalized and localized contributions successfully conveys a diverse geographical area...All the writers should be congratulated...admirably readable...' International Feminst Journal of Politics ’Overall, the authors of this interdisciplinary volume deserve credit for high quality editional work, producing a thought-provoking, well written and coherent volume.’ Feminist Legal Studies

• Contents: Introduction, Joanna Regulska, Jasmina Lukic, Darja Zavirsek. Part 1 Regimes: Romanian gender regimes and women's citizenship, Eniko Magyari-Vincze; Women and the law in Poland: towards active citizenship, Malgorzata Fuszara and Eleonora Zielinska; Citizenship, systemic change, and the gender division of labour in rural Hungary, Salvatore A. Engel-Di Mauro; Clashes and ordeals of women's citizenship in Central and Eastern Europe, Jacqueline Heinen; Gender equality in Latvia: achievements and challenges, Irina Novikova. Part 2 Agency: The parameters of the political: does meaning matter for participation in public life for women in Poland and in Ukraine?, Ann Graham and Joanna Regulska; Belgrade's protests 1996/97: from women in the movement to women's movement?, Marina Blagojevic; 'A right and a great need': food rights and praxis in Silesia, Poland, Anne C. Bellows; Disabled women everyday citizenship rights in East Europe: examples from Slovenia, Darja Zavirsek; The making of political responsibility: Hannah Arendt and/in the case of Serbia, Dasa Duhacek. Part 3 Transnational Dialogues: Poetics, politics and gender, Jasmina Lukic; Looking at Western Feminisms through the double lens of Eastern Europe and the Third World, Kornelia Slavova; Women's NGOs in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union: the imperialist criticism, Nanette Funk; Cautionary tales, Ann Snitow; Epilogue: persisting struggles, Darja Zavirsek, Joanna Reguiska, Jasmina Lukic; Indexes.